Mechanical toy



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LEONARD n. Knorr, or sTEnLrNG, rrmnorsfnssrdnor.' 'rorarnnrnovnnrv oo'lvr` reim, or FULTON. ILLINOIS, A conronrirron' or farmers@ l MECHANICAL TOY.

Application led November 9, 1925. SeraljNo. 67,815..

This invention relates to mechanical toys, more particularly to those which are adapted to be pulled or propelled Valong the floor, and which have means operative by one or more of the wheels of the toy thereby to keep cer-' tain parts in motion, in the desired manner, while the toy is being pulled or propelled along the floor.

Generally stated, the object of the inventionV is to provide a novel and improved toy of the foregoing general character, having a whirling device thereon, operated by one n vormore of the wheels of the toy, so that when the toy is pulled or propelled along the floor, in the ordinary manner, the said whirling device will be rotated about a vertically disposed axis, thereby toprovlde a toy of attractive and amusing character.

To the foregoing andother useful ends,.

the invention consists in'the matters hereinafter vset Vforth and claimed, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is aA plan of a toy embodying the principles of the invention. 'I

F ig. 2 is a longitudinal section of said toy, on line 2-2 in Fig. l.

As thus illustrated, the invention comprises a body l mounted on wheels 2 of suitable character. A hollow post 3 is provided substantially at the center of the toy, and a vertical shaft 4 is mounted within this post, to turn in bearings at the top and bottom thereof. The upper end of this shaft 4 is provided with a head 5, and to this head are connected the strings of beads G'or other similar whirling means, by links 7, whereby the rotation of the head 5 will throw the beads outward, by centrifugal force, into the Y position shown in dotted lines.

For the rotation of the shaft 4, any suitable means can be employed.l As shown, the rear axlev of the wheels Q'has a pulley 8 mounted thereon, and a rubber belt 91 connects this pulley with the vlower portion of the shaft 4, whereby rotation of the rear wheels will rotate the shaft 4 at the speed required to properly operate the whirling toy.

The toy is preferably propelled along the floor, by any suitable means, such asa cord lO'secured to the Vforward end thereof.

Thus, when the toy is pulled along the floor, the whirling device on top thereof `will be rotated toV produce the desired effect, thus providing an attractive and amusing toy. As shown, the centrifugally operated and whirling elements 6 are beads strung on wires o r other means, but it is obvious thatany suitable means can be attached to the head 5, to be whirledaround.` in the desired manner when the toyvis pulled across the y combination of a wheeled body,.V@ftCfluy disposed hol.

low post fixed on said body, a vertically disposed shaft associated with said post, en-v closed therein, a headfor the upper end of l said shaft, immediately above the top of said post, and instrumentalities connected to said head to whirl therewith when the .shaft is `rotated, hanging normally against the vsides of. said hollow post, together' withA wheel-` operated means to rotate the shaft when the toy is propelled along the floor.

' 2. A structure as specified in claim l, said instrumentalities comprising beads strung on means swingingly attached to said head, so that the beads will be raised. from the post and thrown outwardly by centrifugal force, when the head is rotated.

3. A structure as specifiedin claim 1, said post being open at its lower end for exposing the lower end 'of said shaft, andmeans for operating said shaft comprisinga belt extending to wheel operatedfmeansrbelow the body.

4. In a mechanical toy, the combination ofr y a travelling carriage, rotatable wheels supporting said carriage', rotatable means vactuated by a pair of said wheels comprising a vertical shaft extending above the carriage, a hollowv supporting casing attached tothe carriage and enclosing said shaft, a horizontally rotatable disk fixed to the upper end of saidshaft immediatelyA above the top of the casing, and a series of independent mem-L bers pivotally attached to and depending from said disk. Y

5. Ina mechanical toy, the combination of a traveling carriage, rotatable wheelsvsupf porting the carriage, a rotatable member above the carriage, means to rotatably sup.

port said vrotatable member Y comprising a Said pivots and adapted to swing outwardly Vertioal'rod and a hollow easing enclosing in 'av plane coinciding with the horizontal 1G V`Vthe rochthe Said rod and cas-ing*being` relai plane vof the pivots when theV carriage is Y tively-rotatable, Sai-'cl rotatableb'melnber being rolled fover a surface. 1` y y l located at the upper'end of said Casing, piv- Specification signed this 5th yday of Nov.

lots-0n said rotatable member in substantially 1925.*k Y e i Q A horizontal 'alignment vwith eachother, and a series .of independent members attached to y 'LEONARD KROFF.V 

